Gravitational Radiation and Rotation of Accreting Neutron Stars
Gravitational Radiation and Rotation of Accreting Neutron Stars
Recent discoveries by the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer indicate that most of the rapidly accreting ( ≳ 10−11 M yr−1) weakly magnetic (B≪1011 G) neutron stars in the Galaxy are rotating at spin frequencies νs ≳ 250 Hz. Remarkably, they all rotate in a narrow range of frequencies (no more …